Finance Change Project Manager

An exciting opportunity has arisen at our client which is the investment banking arm of a major European wholesale bank. The role sits within the finance department and specifically within the Business Unit Control (BUC) Change team.
The team has responsibility for the delivery of a number of front to back and cross-functional programmes of work on behalf of BUC Finance and the wider Investment Bank business community. These include bank integration, strategic Investment initiatives as well as providing tactical support.
The successful candidate will own and deliver a number of product aligned and/or cross-product projects. For each, the person will be:
* Responsible for all delivery plans, resources and budgets
* Face off to Front Office IT, senior BUC, Ops and Risk
* Work with other Change leads to create a shared culture of change
* Programme and project planning
* Create Programme Terms of Reference, PID, PDD
* Define, initiate and manage the delivery of each work stream
* Define and gain support for target op model and associated deliverables
* Lead the process definition
* Establish proper governance framework
* Active ownership of programme RAID logs
* Organise and run Sponsor and Steering groups
* Active stakeholder management
* Resource profiling and recruitment
* Determine, agree and manage the programme budget
* Oversee Business Analyst deliverables (specifications, requirements)
* Oversee process implementation
* Oversee all phases of system deliverables including testing and deployment


Essential Experience: (Must have skills)

Specific business knowledge & technical knowledge required:
* Senior project management experience
* Strong project discipline
* Process mapping
* Strategic delivery of operating model changes
* An understanding of Financial Markets, particularly Derivatives
* Experience of working on systems and process engineering programmes within an Investment Banking environment
* Finance process knowledge and delivery in the Product Control arena
* Good understanding of trading, finance, treasury and operational environments
* Ability to see the "bigger picture" whilst still be comfortable with the detail
* Running effective governance and dealing with senior stakeholders
* Dealing with Front Office, IT, Ops, Risk

*Due to the large number of applications we expect to receive for this role it may not be possible to give feedback on every application.